Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. China, Hong Kong, India, Japan and Singapore led the way. Europe is mostly down. Austria, Amsterdam and Norway are weakest. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with solid across-the-board gains. Hong Kong rallied more than 3%…Australia, Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia more than 2%. Europe is doing even better. Austria and France are up 5%, Germany and Stockholm 4%. Futures here in the States point towards a huge gap up open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board (except for Japan), but there were no 1% winners. Europe is currently mixed; only Stockholm has moved more than 1% (up 1.3%). Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong and India gained over 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Austria and Germany are up more than 1%. Nothing is down much. Futures here in the States point towards a slight up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong gained 4.1%, Taiwan and South Korea more than 3% and Australia, China and Indonesia more than 2%. Europe is mixed; not one index has moved more than 0.5%. Futures here in the States point towards a flat […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Only South Korea (up 1.8%) moved more than 1%. Europe is currently up across the board. Germany and Norway are up more than 2%. Belgium, France, Amsterdam, Stockholm and London are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a relatively big […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. South Korea lost 2.7%, China 1.9%, Hong Kong 1.8% Europe is currently mixed. Austria is down 1.5%. No other indexes has moved 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong and Indonesia rallied more than 1%, India more than 2%. China dropped. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria and Amsterdam are up more than 1%. Most other indexes are up. Futures here in the States point towards a negative open for the cash […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets got hit hard. Every index closed down at least 1% and a few (Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia) lost more than 2%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Austria is getting clobbered (down 4%), and Belgium, France, Amsterdam, Switzerland and London are down more than 1%. Futures here in […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. I hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with mostly solid gains. Hong Kong gained 2%. Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently trading mixed and with a bearish bias. Almost all the markets are close to their unchanged […]